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Highland broadband "progressing well"
Posted by: eusty on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 08:24 AM
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After official reports that the scheme to provide broadband across the
Highlands and Islands was six months behind schedule and over budget, the
project is said to be "progressing well".
The £70m government Pathfinder project has connected 111 of the 452 sites
which were due to be connected by 2009, and now it claims that those remaining
will be connected in the original time frame. The Highland Council said the
first sites in Shetland go live later this month with those in Orkney following
on in February.
| "The partnership continues to work hard to meet agreed target
dates to deliver the benefits this project will bring to children,
schools, and the wider community through the roll-out of high speed
broadband access." |
| Highland Council statement |
This is good news for those who live in the more remote parts of the
Highlands and Islands, who without the project would have been destined to a
life of dial-up.
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